Inside the impacts of the CDC downgrade of PPE requirements for healthcare workers: a conversation with reporter Elizabeth Shogren

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Thu, 05/14/2020 - 5:45pm to 6:00pm
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"Her point was that the Hippocratic Oath does not ask doctors and nurses to commit suicide which was ... what the doctors and nurses were being asked to do by their hospitals."

On March 10, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) decided to roll back guidelines meant to protect healthcare workers across the country by downgrading its requirements for Personal Protective Equipment, or PPE. As a result, tens of thousands of healthcare workers have become infected with coronavirus.

Reveal reporter Elizabeth Shogren tracks the real-life effects of the anti-science mentality that has become so pervasive in the federal government. She talks about the implications and impacts of the CDC's decision with KBOO's Nat Moon.

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